Continuing disasters in the Indian Ocean made Indonesia decide it must have a warning system of its own.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

It was, most disasters are political understandable.

可以，可大多数灾难在政治上也能站得住脚。

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They don't suffer famines or disasters.

他们不必承受饥馑和灾祸

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The former French colony in the Caribbean has a history of political violence and natural disasters.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

Hilde Johnson says children are always the most affected by conflicts and disasters.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

It handles emergencies caused by war, infectious disease and natural disasters.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Human development or natural disasters can change that environment.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

A look at some of the major natural disasters in recent years makes clear that health facilities are vulnerable.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

The World Meteorological Organization says 90 percent of all natural disasters are related to weather, water and climate events.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

Panico says five years after the tsunami struck, most communities are better equipped and better prepared to deal with disasters.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

Development in Haiti has suffered repeated set backs from political violence, poor leadership,corruption, a lack of law and order and natural disasters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

It provides vital assistance for hundreds of thousands of victims of conflict and natural disasters in remote,inaccessible areas.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

In 2008 natural disasters took more than 235,000 lives and cost the world an estimated $200 billion.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

"In countries that are incubators of extremism like Yemen, or are ravaged by poverty and natural disasters like Haiti, the odds are long,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

Yet despite these pending and ongoing disasters, environmental awareness remains rare in a country where half the people live on less than $2 a day.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Johnson says children are always among the most severely affected, and disasters put them at increased risk of abuse and grave violations of their rights.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

He says Mr.Obama will also discuss efforts to minimize the economic impact on the people of the Gulf region, and to enact new safety regulations to prevent future disasters.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

We're talking about more natural disasters, increased levels of disease.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

"So what this points out is that these types of oil disasters are not only posing risks to marine life and to fisheries and to the economy of coastal communities."

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

At the conference,in London health-sector officials from around the world came together to try to find ways to make hospitals safer and stronger so that when disasters happen, health facilities will be more resilient.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

Meanwhile,senior and mid-level military officers in the Ugandan capital Kampala and in neighboring Entebbe town are said to be taking part in simulations aimed at improving their ability to respond to disasters and other emergencies.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

The convention sets out for the first time the obligations of both African states and armed rebel groups to prevent displacement and to provide basic rights for those who are uprooted by wars and natural disasters.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

because in disasters such as this, the first hours and days are absolutely critical in saving lives and avoiding greater tragedy, I have directed my team to be as forward leaning as possible in getting the help on the ground and coordinating with our international partners as well,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.13